boastful vs reticent

boastful

adj
  • Tending to boast or brag. 

reticent

adj
  • Hesitant or not wanting to take some action; reluctant (usually followed by a verb in the infinitive). 

  • Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained. 

How often have the words boastful and reticent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )